Born on this day – John Marley:

John Marley

Actor

Director

October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Man Called Sledge (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1959); America America (1963); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1976); Believe It or Not (1950); Big Town (1955); Black Saddle (1960); Blade (1973); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1968); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cameo Theatre (1950); Camera Three (1956); Cannon (1972); Cassie & Co. (1982); Cat Ballou (1965); Cheyenne (1959); Clay Pigeon (1971); Colgate Theatre (1949); Convoy (1965); Crime with Father (1951); Dan August (1970); Dan Raven (1960); Danger (1950); Dead of Night (1974); Delvecchio (1977); Dr. Kildare (1961); Faces (1968); Falcon's Gold (1982); Festival (1966); For the Record (1982); Framed (1975); G.E. True (1963); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1956); Grandpa, Mom, Dad and Richie (1974); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Guilty Bystander (1950); Gunsmoke (1965); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1969); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hawk (1966); Here Come the Brides (1968); Hong Kong (1961); Hooper (1978); I Want to Live! (1958); In Broad Daylight (1971); In Enemy Country (1968); Incident in San Francisco (1971); Inner Sanctum (1954); Insight (1963); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1969); Istanbul Express (1968); It Lives Again (1978); Johnny Staccato (1960); Jory (1973); King of Diamonds (1961); Kiss of Death (1947); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1950); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Land of the Giants (1969); Laredo (1965); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Lights Out (1950); Love Story (1970); Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950); Mannix (1967); Markham (1959); McCloud (1974); Medical Center (1969); Michael Shayne (1961); Mother Lode (1982); Mr. Lucky (1960); My Six Convicts (1952); Native Land (1942); New York Confidential (1959); Nightmare in the Sun (1965); Omnibus (1953); On the Edge (1985); One Step Beyond (1959); Overland Trail (1960); Pay or Die! (1960); Perry Mason (1962); Peter Gunn (1959); Petrocelli (1974); Peyton Place (1968); Rawhide (1960); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Saints and Sinners (1962); Sam Benedict (1962); SCTV Network (1981); Sea Hunt (1960); Seeing Things (1982); Surfside 6 (1962); Suspense (1952); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Telethon (1977); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Amateur (1981); The Aquanauts (1961); The Big Story (1949); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); The Car (1977); The Dead Are Alive (1972); The Defenders (1964); The Deputy (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doctor (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The F.B.I. (1973); The Family Rico (1972); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Godfather (1972); The Great Adventure (1964); The Greatest (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Joe Louis Story (1953); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lieutenant (1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1965); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Mask (1954); The Mob (1951); The Naked City (1948); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outcasts (1968); The Outer Limits (1963); The Outsider (1969); The Phil Silvers Show (1958); The Plainclothesman (1953–1954); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); The Rebel (1961); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Second Hundred Years (1968); The Sheriff (1971); The Square Jungle (1955); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1968); The Web (1951); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Wild Wild West (1967); This Man Dawson (1959); This Year's Blonde (1980); Three Steps to Heaven (1953-1954); Threshold (1981); Thriller (1960); Tightrope (1959); Time Table (1956); Titans (1981); To Die in Paris (1968); Treasury Men in Action (1950); Tribute (1980); Two Faces West (1961); Unsolved (1960); Utilities (1983); Vega$ (1978); Vengeance (1976); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Word of Honor (1981); Wrangler (1960); You Are There (1953).

On this day in movie history - W. C. Fields and Me (1976)

W. C. Fields and Me

directed by Arthur Hiller,

written by Bob Merrill,

based on the book by Carlotta Monti and Cy Rice,

was released in the United States on March 31, 1976.

Music by Henry Mancini.

Cast:

Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy, Bernadette Peters, Dana Elcar, Paul Stewart, Billy Barty, Allan Arbus, Milt Kamen, Louis Zorich, Andrew Parks, Linda Purl, Selma Archerd, Paul Barselou, John Bleifer, Buff Brady, Donald Briggs, Mathilda Calnan, Frank De Vol, Eddie Firestone, Jacques Foti, John Furlong, Jack Griffin, Bob Harks, Crane Jackson, Jimmy Joyce, George Loros, Patch Mackenzie, Paul Mantee, Mary McLain, Victor Millan, Carlotta Monti, Judith Novgrod, Gerald Peters, Leoda Richards, Hank Rolike, Clay Tanner, Elizabeth Thompson, Kenneth Tobey, William Wintersole, Steffen Zacharias, Bill Zuckert.